May 15, 2019

The Print Center is pleased to host the Philadelphia launch for an exciting new book, Marie Tomanova: Young American, which has already received international attention. Tomanova will be joined in conversation by the book’s author Thomas Beachdel and Ksenia Nouril, our Jensen Bryan Curator. They will discuss the impetus for and execution of the project, as well as reflect on its meaning in our current political climate.

“Marie Tomanova’s debut monograph Young American celebrates an idea of an ‘America’ still rife with dreams and possibilities, hope and freedom. As a Czech immigrant struggling in a new environment to belong, to come to terms with her repressive past and her uncertain future, the portraits taken between 2015 and 2018 in New York City visualize an America in which individuality is valued as uniqueness and not judged as a lack of sameness.”

– Thomas Beachdel, Art Historian, City University of New York, Hostos

Marie Tomanova (b. 1984, Czechoslovakia) received a BFA from Masaryk University, 2007 and an MFA from University of Technology, Czech Republic, 2010. She immigrated to the U.S. in 2011. Her work addresses displacement, identity, inclusivity, gender and sexuality through photography and video. She has exhibited at A.I.R. Gallery, Czech Center New York, Museum of Sex, Untitled Space, all New York; Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA; Ars Gallery, Prague; and Museum of Modern Art, Tbilisi, Georgia. Her work has been featured in publications, including Artforum, Calvert Journal, Dazed, Der Spiegel, Forbes, i-D, Interview, Paper, Purple, Sleek, VICE and W Magazine.

Marie Tomanova: Young American, 2019, introduction by Ryan McGinley with an essay by Thomas Beachdel. The 10 ½” x 9″, 144 page, softcover volume is published in an edition of 350 by Paradigm. The book will be available for purchase for $40.

May 01, 2019

ASMPNY’s free Student Portfolio Review (details here) is a great opportunity to get a constructive evaluation of your work from industry leaders at magazines, galleries, photo agencies, and corporations. Our reviewers include curators, individual artists, and critics, representing organizations such as Time, InStyle, ClampArt, and Indiewalls.

Professional portfolio reviews often cost several hundred dollars for exposure to only three or four reviewers of this caliber. Don’t miss this opportunity to show your work without the high price tag. You’ll also get to meet your peers and start building professional relationships.

The event is free and open to current students and recent graduates (less than one year out of school) from schools throughout the Northeast.

How it works:

Doors open at 12:45 pm

Participants will have 10 minutes with each reviewer

Both digital and print display methods will be accepted

Reviewers will comment on your presentation, the consistency of your work, what’s working and what isn’t, and more

The reviewing process will end promptly at 3:45 pm

Here are links to two articles on how to make the most of photography reviews.

ASMPNY does not give out any contact information for reviewers but reviewers are given your contact information. If a reviewer asks you to contact them, that’s great! Otherwise, please don’t solicit personal contact information from them, leave a promo! Here is the Reviewers List.

Registration for the ASMPNY Student Portfolio Review is now open! Register today to reserve your spot, space is limited.

April 29, 2019

Please join us next Monday, May 6, for the Graduate Photo Projects Class Artist Talks. The talks are open to all with each artist presenting for ten minutes. They'll take place in the Lighting Studio from 10:30 - 12:00. Snacks will be provided.

Please join us in supporting the folks who've helped support you in your time in school.

I've received a note from someone with darkroom equipment they're hoping to get rid of. I don't have any information about prices, etc. If you're interested please contact them directly to inquire and discuss. See details below.

Byron

Dear Byron,

I have darkroom equipment but no "dark" and want to move it to hands that will use it. I have 3 enlargers, trays, lights and lots more.

Would you have a student message board on which to post an ad with my contact? Thank you.I am 20 minutes from Temple and will deliver if needed.Thank you!

Meg

dierkes10@gmail.com

April 26, 2019

Former Tyler grad, Harrison Walker, will be teaching two courses this summer at Maine Media Workshops. He'll offer "Introduction to B&W Photography" and "Redefining Your Darkroom Practice". They're each one week long. There are also dozens of other workshops possible. More more details, please download this pdf: Download HWalker_MMW_WorkshopFlyer

This is a last call for purchasing one of the Tamron lenses that have been on loan during the year. If you wish to purchase, please notify Jille or Byron by Monday morning at 9:00 AM, April 29. New lenses at a student discount can be purchased at any time through WebCam here in Philadelphia.

These are the lenses that have already been reserved for purchase:

85 mm Canon mount

85 mm Nikon mount

24 - 70 mm Canon mount

35 mm Canon mount

The past announcement:

The Tamron lenses we've been using in the cage all year are now for sale at a discount. See the graphic below or the poster outside the cage for prices.

If you purchase, the lens will be sent back to the factory for refurbishing and you get a one year warranty. If you want a new lens, you can do so - at a discount - through a local retailer. A new lens has a six year warranty.

If you want to buy, new or used, please alert Byron and Jille immediately and we can describe the purchase process. The used lenses are first-come, first serve.

April 17, 2019

The Tamron lenses we've been using in the cage all year are now for sale at a discount. See the graphic below or the poster outside the cage for prices.

If you purchase, the lens will be sent back to the factory for refurbishing and you get a one year warranty. If you want a new lens, you can do so - at a discount - through a local retailer. A new lens has a six year warranty.

If you want to buy, new or used, please alert Byron and Jille immediately and we can describe the purchase process. The used lenses are first-come, first serve.

April 16, 2019

"That shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, chaffering; How often I find myself standing and looking at it where it flits;How often I question and doubt whether that is really me; —But in these, and among my lovers, and caroling my songs, O I never doubt whether that is really me."-Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass

Casa de Duende in Collaboration with Da Vinci Art Alliance present Encounters with Whitman, a two part photography and video exhibition in celebration of the Whitman Bicentennial.

Photography was a medium of fascination and importance to Whitman, in particular portraiture and landscape. The significance of these two themes are also reflected in his own literary work. Whitman's voice in part shaped the American psyche through the portrayal of the American landscape and its peoples. This exhibition will explore the contemporary landscape and portraiture that now defines our American experience. Though Whitman's reflections on America were often problematic, his contributions to modern literature caused cultural shifts worth investigation.

ABOUT THE JURORS:Stuart Rome has exhibited extensively over the years in solo and group exhibitions - in galleries and museums. Amongst his publications are: Maya, Treasures of an Ancient Civilization, Abrams, 1985; Forest, a monograph, Nazraeli Press, 2005; Signs and Wonders, The Southeast Museum of Photography, 2011. The John Simon Guggenheim fellowship was awarded in 2015 for his most recent work, "Oculus ", photographs from within giant redwoods and sequoias. His interests in anthropology led to projects photographing antiquities in Latin America and Asia as well as recording remnants of these expressions found in the rituals of trance. This documentary work led to landscape photographs of forests as a manifestation of pantheistic energy. In 1985 Stuart Rome was hired to design and build a new Photography Program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he continues to teach.

Paul Cava is a photo-based artist who is known for his sensual and emotionally driven collage work. Concentrating on the figure, Cava’s work speaks to the most intrinsic of human concerns. His work has been featured in many publications including Eyemazing Magazine and Das Magazin. Cava was a recipient of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants in 1981 and 1999. In 2005, the German publisher Galerie Vevais, published Walt Whitman / Paul Cava, Children of Adam from Leaves of Grass — a bold union of Whitman’s erotic poems and Cava’s art work.Paul Cava has exhibited paintings, drawings and photo-based works from 1976 to the present in galleries and museums in the United States and Europe, and his work has been collected by a broad range of private and public institutions, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Princeton University Museum of Art, and The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

RULES FOR ENTRY:You may submit 2 artworks Label the back of your work with your name and title of artworkAll artwork must be ready to display. Wall hanging pieces must be wired. If your work requires any additional apparatus to be shown, it must be provided.

ENTRY FEE:DVAA Members: $20Non-Members: $35

TO SUBMIT:Simply fill out the fields below, attach an image of your artwork, and click submit. You will then be automatically redirected to another DVAA webpage to pay the entry fee. And that’s it, you’re done!

DVAA POLICY:DVAA is responsible for all press releases, listings, price lists, and gallery labels. Your participation is permission to include images of artwork in promotion. Artwork will be handled with great care, but DVAA is not responsible for loss or damage. Insurance is the responsibility of the artist.When the work is delivered the exhibitions director reserves the right to refuse works that are not ready to be shown because of improper framing, fragility, damage or low quality.DVAA members receive 80% commission on artwork and Non-Members receive 70% sold from the exhibition and as a result of contacts made through the DVAA. Payment to the artist will be sent within 30 days.All artwork must be retrieved during the designated Pick Up times above and cannot leave the gallery early. Artworks left unattended becomes property of the gallery and may be discarded due to very limited storage space.

April 14, 2019

We are thrilled to introduce you to the first Rust Belt Biennial, a celebration of photography with work realized throughout the Rust Belt region.

For the Biennial open submission juried competition we are happy to announce Andrew L. Moore as the juror.

The first Rust Belt Biennial exhibition will be held at the Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, from August 27th through October 5th 2019.

Opening Reception September 6th.

The artist whose work wins first place will receive a cash prize of 2500 USD and the work will be exhibited at the Sordoni Gallery, with an extensive feature in the catalog and an interview with the Real Photo Show.

Second place will receive a cash prize of 1000 USD and the work will be exhibited at the Sordoni Gallery with an extensive feature in the catalog.

Third place will receive a cash prize of 500 USD and the work will be exhibited at the Sordoni Gallery with an extensive feature in the catalog.

The Rust Belt, its people, the pride and the struggles, the patina of the past and above all, the histories and memories ingrained in the soil across the region. It is time to make new memories and new histories, while revisiting and reevaluating old ones; it is time to start a new dialogue about the state of photography and it’s social, cultural and political effects in our society; it is time to give back to the photographic community but also the region; it is time for you to join us!